Thursday, August 27, 2009

Custom T-shirts

I LOVE Anthropologie! It is one of my favorite stores. Unfortunately, it is not in my budget to spend $58 on a t-shirt. Yes, that's how much these shirts cost (not together, seperately !)

So when I visited One Pretty Thing and she posted a how-to on making your own embellished shirts for $10, I knew I had to share this news with my friends. Thursday, I had the girls over. I had them buy 2 t-shirts at Walmart for $5 each. I'm sure you could find 2 old t-shirts in your dresser as well. I used the same color but my friend, Sandy, had a black shirt and made white flowers for it. Sorry I don't have a picture; I had a bit of a headache today and wasn't thinking clearly :)

In the original instructions, it says to cut 3 circles in small, medium and large; the largest being the size of a soda can bottom. I cut 7 of each. Layer them on top of each other, largest on the bottom.

Run the needle up throught the fabric and then down again. I then folded the circle in half, and then half again making a pie shape. I whip stitched it about 4 times going through all of the layers and then tied it off. It turned out puckered. I arranged them on the shoulder and around the neckline. I tacked them down and Viola! a new custom t-shirt for 1/6 the price of the one at Anthropologie.

I have been very busy with my business and I have some exciting news to share in the upcoming weeks!

About Me

Hi! My name is Donna and I live in Southern California with my husband and 3 great kids. I own a Children's Party Planning business-Party Wishes! I cannot let a day go by without doing something creative. I always have tons of projects going on such as painting a bench for the backyard, embellishing my daughter's jeans and overalls with vintage textiles or baking brownies with my kids.